After 11 Years, You’d Think I’d Have this Down…
You’d think that after 11 years of podcasting, launching a new show would be like brewing a pot of coffee: routine, comforting, and slightly addictive.
Turns out, it’s more like assembling an IKEA starship with instructions written in Klingon. Plus, my husband, Shane, is usually the one who brews the coffee.
A New Mission With My Favorite Co-Pilot
When Shane and I decided to launch Sci-Fi Book Pod, I thought my biggest challenges would be tech setup or getting the RSS feed to behave. I wasn’t prepared for the true adventure: collaborating with my husband again.
We built a successful custom furniture business together. We knew how to saw, sand, and ship without (too many) splinters. But after retiring in 2017, we drifted into our separate creative orbits.
Sci-Fi Book Pod has become our new shared galaxy — a way to reconnect over something we both enjoy.
Watch the latest episode:
Inviting Fellow Nerds into Our Galaxy
We’ve always loved reading (or rather, listening to) and watching speculative fiction together.
This new podcast gives us a platform to share what we read with other nerds and geeks like us.
Plus, we’re inviting some of our grooviest friends to join the conversation!
From Dystopias to Utopias — And Everything In Between
Each guest chooses the book we read, which means we’ve been thrown into literary wormholes we never would’ve chosen ourselves.
Some books explore dystopian wastelands that make you want to double-lock your airlock at night; others paint utopian futures so radiant you almost believe we’ll get there someday.
Why We’re Doing This (Besides the Fun)
And that’s the real gift of this show: it forces us to stretch, question, dream, and — most importantly — share all of that with each other (and you).
At its core, speculative fiction is about possibilities. The best authors don’t just imagine different worlds — they hold up a mirror to this one, asking us if we’re brave enough to change.
I like to believe that humanity can come together someday, even if we have to warp through some pretty messy chapters first.
Until then, Shane and I will keep exploring these stories together, hoping you’ll join us for the ride.
Stay Groovy!
🚀 Ready to get weird in the best possible way? Beam yourself over to scifibookpod.com and join us on our interstellar book adventures. Just don’t blame us if you start questioning reality (or your “to be read” pile) forever.
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